During the developmental stage of adolescence, young people strive for independence and
begin to make decisions that impact them for the rest of their lives. The purpose of this …

Ample research has shown that female adolescents endorse morte internalizing and fewer
externalizing symptoms than do male adolescents, but explanations for these gender …

This comprehensive handbook provides a landmark review and synthesis of the current
state of knowledge about attachment and loss in children and adults. Broad in scope, the …

Context.—The main threats to adolescents' health are the risk behaviors they choose. How
their social context shapes their behaviors is poorly understood. Objective.—To identify risk …

This study examined the empirical validity of a model of human motivation as it applies to
school success and failure in 3 independent samples of 10‐to 16‐year‐old African …

This study examined links between processes of establishing autonomy and relatedness in
adolescent‐family interactions and adolescents' psychosocial development. Adolescents in …

We present a control theory analysis of adolescents' attachment strategies in the Adult
Attachment Interview (AAI). In Study 1, Q‐sort prototypes for secure/anxious and …

Improving juvenile court decision making requires information about how serious adolescent
offenders desist from antisocial activity. A systematic research agenda on this topic requires …

Objective. School connectedness, or the feeling of closeness to school personnel and the
school environment, decreases the likelihood of health risk behaviors during adolescence …

Context American Indians and Alaska Natives have the highest suicide rates of all ethnic
groups in the United States, and suicide is the second leading cause of death for American …